scenictraveller
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wonder what its like in high winds and do others get the wrong idea if its rocking.
lotusanne
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Wow
..it looks fantastic, I'd happily live in it. The only thing i was wondering though is the law in living in it in rented land. Not too sure of the ins and outs of it all, but I think they may be on dodgy ground?? Any one know?
..it looks fantastic, I'd happily live in it. The only thing i was wondering though is the law in living in it in rented land. Not too sure of the ins and outs of it all, but I think they may be on dodgy ground?? Any one know?
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28 days in any one year - I don't think the Daily Mail will have done them any favours by highlighting their location!
Funky Farmer
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I wonder if the writer of the article had been eating cucumber? They keep repeating themselves ( A burping sort of smiley}
lotusanne
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....they might be glad to find this site then!!
lotusanne
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Didn't Cliff Richard do that in "Summer Holiday" in the 1960's?? ( All together now... "We're all going on a............").
As for overnight stops, surely they could spend the night at any bus-stop??
Haha! but actually he hasnt got his licence!
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Arf, Arf... Amazing :lol-053:
Got to love the Daily Fail. The next thing, they'll be telling us that living in a bus gives you cancer and makes you vote Labour ;D
On a slightly more serious note though, they seem to think parking up and living full time on some random piece of land is an absolute breeze... I think that guy *will* need to join this site when he comes to terms with the realities!
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i've fitted out doubles and known a few ,they're a pain in the arse.so much glass they get really hot,there's bridges they won't go under,and narrow streets they can't get through.as a camper they're stupid things. people get carried away buying stuff like this.like lovely looking old vehicles you can't get parts for.
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True... it ain't worth 20 grand either, like the converter seems to think. He may get 8-10k and just about cover his costs.
lotusanne
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Agreed! I'm often glad my van is just a SWB trannie... and even so I drove it into the height barrier at our local railway station!! Demolished barrier and 2 nice holes in hi-top!
Northerner
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This thread has left me feeling very sad. It's basically a rather uplifting story about a young couple who, unable to afford a conventional home, used enterprise and initiative to find alternative accommodation. I applaud their courage and their refusal to give up when they couldn't find a house in their price range.
At the same time as I was writing this another member started a thread entitled 'Happy thread anyone?' and I posted a link to this thread thinking that it would surely qualify as a happy post. I was told by the OP of that thread that: "Sorry but it didnt make me smile...because, ONE - I hate (sorry dislike) the Daily Mail and TWO I dont like the way the article is written." Since then another person has followed in the same vein and criticised the newspaper for being condescending in its gushing praise for the mod cons that the couple have fitted. It's a popular-newspaper article for God's sake, not a scientific treatise!
Others on this thread have similarly concentrated on the newspaper itself and the way that the article is written, although not all I must add, and many have been supportive and appear to feel as I do about this couple.
What sort of miseries have we become that an article can only be heart-warming and uplifting if it happens to be in a newspaper that is of your own political persuasion? I happened to come across it on-line when browsing other news articles and thought that it was a lovely story and would cheer up members of this forum as the couple in question have become motorhomers! Personally, I couldn't care less whether this article had been in the Socialist Worker or the Daily Telegraph, it's irrelevant. It's about a young couple, just starting out in life who've refused to be beaten by the system and have devised their own, slightly unusual way, of providing accommodation for themselves without resorting to help from the state.
I would have thought that, as fellow motorhomers, we'd be applauding their initiative, but all that some of us can do is carp and moan about the fact that it's the Daily Mail, or whatever other hackneyed and unfunny appellations they seem to enjoy using for this organ e.g. Daily Fail, Daily Wail etc. etc.
It is very depressing that, for a minority of people, such a good-news story can only be appreciated if it's in a newspaper which has views that accord with your own.
At the same time as I was writing this another member started a thread entitled 'Happy thread anyone?' and I posted a link to this thread thinking that it would surely qualify as a happy post. I was told by the OP of that thread that: "Sorry but it didnt make me smile...because, ONE - I hate (sorry dislike) the Daily Mail and TWO I dont like the way the article is written." Since then another person has followed in the same vein and criticised the newspaper for being condescending in its gushing praise for the mod cons that the couple have fitted. It's a popular-newspaper article for God's sake, not a scientific treatise!
Others on this thread have similarly concentrated on the newspaper itself and the way that the article is written, although not all I must add, and many have been supportive and appear to feel as I do about this couple.
What sort of miseries have we become that an article can only be heart-warming and uplifting if it happens to be in a newspaper that is of your own political persuasion? I happened to come across it on-line when browsing other news articles and thought that it was a lovely story and would cheer up members of this forum as the couple in question have become motorhomers! Personally, I couldn't care less whether this article had been in the Socialist Worker or the Daily Telegraph, it's irrelevant. It's about a young couple, just starting out in life who've refused to be beaten by the system and have devised their own, slightly unusual way, of providing accommodation for themselves without resorting to help from the state.
I would have thought that, as fellow motorhomers, we'd be applauding their initiative, but all that some of us can do is carp and moan about the fact that it's the Daily Mail, or whatever other hackneyed and unfunny appellations they seem to enjoy using for this organ e.g. Daily Fail, Daily Wail etc. etc.
It is very depressing that, for a minority of people, such a good-news story can only be appreciated if it's in a newspaper which has views that accord with your own.
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herbenny
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I do not think anyone is being misreable on this thread northerner in fact I can see a lot of ho ho ho and ha ha ha 's and smilies.......... so its all good :lol-053:
Northerner
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You're right and I did more or less say that. The main problem was on the other so-called 'Happy Thread' but as I also said, there were one or two on this one as well.
Funky Farmer
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What side of the bed did you get out of Northener?
It don't take a lot to get you tickin' does it :lol-053:
It don't take a lot to get you tickin' does it :lol-053:
Viktor
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An uplifting story and I agree with other posters...there may be problems on the horizon which may not have been considered such as the 28 day rule, and parts for the bus....I don't know though as we haven't been given any more information as to how much research this enterprising young chap has done....it may well be that he will spend the majority of time sitting on a relatives drive or garden with permission...and I agree the downside of the nice story is that they have been brought under notice......I wish them all the best with their home.
With such obstacles people in similar positions are already considering trailer style homes on private land or on sites and I'm afraid that more young people are going to find the 'trailer park solution' all they can afford probably for some time to come as the single currency countries are in a mess.
With such obstacles people in similar positions are already considering trailer style homes on private land or on sites and I'm afraid that more young people are going to find the 'trailer park solution' all they can afford probably for some time to come as the single currency countries are in a mess.
Northerner
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I got out of bed feeling very buoyant actually, and then I started reading all the misery posts! Anyway, I'm going to work now for a few hours to cheer myself up!